The Global Test Of Japan'S Toilet Paper Shortage Crisis

In March 6th, Zhang Yang, who lives in Sydney, Australia, told the twenty-first Century business news reporter that he had just returned from Japan in March 2nd and found that everyone was snapping up. Many of the food and toilet paper in the Chinese area had been sold out. In a row, he also told reporters in Hokkaido, Japan, that many residents were robbing toilet paper while in the United States. In a large supermarket in southern Seattle, Washington, a large number of customers are queuing up for shopping. Many of the shopping carts are equipped with hand sanitizers and disinfectant wipes, while medical masks and toilet paper are sold out.

With the spread of the epidemic, masks, alcohol and protective clothing, which have become the most popular materials in China, have been caught up in panic buying in many countries.

What is puzzling is that toilet paper has become a snapping object besides mask.

This is because there are rumors that "toilet paper and masks are using the same materials, and toilet paper is produced in China, so toilet paper and paper products will be in short supply."

In twenty-first Century, nearly a week after the economic report reporters interviewed people living in the United States, Japan, South Korea, France, New Zealand, Australia and other countries, they found different versions of the story because of different mentality and epidemic situation. Japan and South Korea, especially those with relatively serious epidemics, have a high degree of concern about the epidemic. Many residents in New Zealand and Australia are relatively calm. In their view, the advantages of sparsely populated are obvious, so they are more confident in controlling epidemic spread. In fact, with the global spread of the new crown pneumonia, the epidemic is evolving into a global examination. It is not only the spread of disease itself, but also a great test for materials and so on. It is still time to tell which countries can go through the customs smoothly.

In March 3rd, people lined up outside the department store in Seoul, South Korea to buy masks, and each person could buy five masks. Xinhua News Agency

Crazy "global hard currency" Mask

With the further fermentation of the epidemic, masks from many overseas countries such as the United States, South Korea, Japan and Italy are also in short supply.

At the hearing of the US Senate Health Committee in March 3rd, Kadlec, the US Department of health and public service, said that if the outbreak occurred in the United States, the US medical staff needed 3 billion 500 million masks, but now only about 35 million masks, only 10%.

Liu Lin, who lives in California, is also aware of the tense situation of masks in the United States. A week ago, she told the twenty-first Century business news reporter that he was aware of the grim situation and had purchased some masks, but it was difficult to find them again. Others were normal. In March 6th, Zhang Lin said that California had entered a state of emergency because of the first death in California in March 4th. The case was on the "supreme Princess" ship. As of the evening of 4, there were 53 new crown pneumonia cases in California, and more than 9400 people were at home quarantine.

"I always feel that the United States is sparsely populated and public health is doing well. I didn't expect it to be so serious this time." Liu Lin said he was lucky to have some masks under the epidemic.

In February 28th, when the Japanese nursing union NCCU began investigating 4043 nursing units in the country, it found that in the answer to the question that "masks can be stored for a few days", "no masks" accounted for 18.8%, "1-3 days" accounted for 7.3%, and more than half of the units answered that they could only survive for 2 weeks.

In March 6th, Xiaomi, in Tokyo, said that despite the increasing number of new cases in Japan, she found that people everywhere were different in their tension and wearing masks. "In February 27th, I saw 80% people wearing masks on the streets of Tokyo, and 90% of them wearing masks in the subway. But almost all drugstores do not sell masks, and many drugstores are not equipped with masks counters, and alcohol bottles and hand sanitizers are restricted to a bottle. In March 1st, when I went to Jinggang County between Osaka and Tokyo, only 20% of them were wearing masks, there were many people in restaurants, and many children in parks were playing.

In February 28th, He Shanshan, who was in Hokkaido, Japan, told the twenty-first Century business reporter that her life had not been affected too much, but that the number of people on the street had been reduced, but the mask had not been bought at an early age.

In Sydney, Zhang Yang told the twenty-first Century economic news reporter that although masks are not good enough to buy in Australia, there are relatively few people wearing it because there are relatively few close contacts here, and the government also discourages them from advocating wear. According to reports, WHO has never recommended wearing masks, and more attention should be paid to personal hygiene and soft isolation.

Relatively speaking, the masked "tension index" of the Korean population is relatively high. South Korea's "Central Daily" website reported on March 4th, as of 3 days, the post office in South Korea began to mask the fixed-point sale after three days, the citizens are still suffering from the shortage of masks and queuing purchase way. Some people came to the post office at 3:50 in the morning and waited in line for more than 7 hours to get 5 masks.

Another report said that because most post offices only had 85 people in front of them to buy masks, citizens had to queue up at the post office early in the morning. At the gate of a post office in Daegu, a more than 80 year old man waited at 3:50 in the morning for a full 7 hours before he got the "1" number plate and successfully bought 5 masks.

Li Min, who has just returned from South Korea, is in quarantine. In the late January, when he had just had two or three outbreaks, there was a rush for masks. Most of the people in the streets wore masks. Moreover, since the end of January, there has been a phenomenon of masks breaking out in Korean drugstores, shops and shops, and the price of masks is getting higher and higher. "Fortunately, I was well prepared in the past, and my colleagues ordered online, but the order was successfully cancelled after the order was paid."

Crazy "hoarding toilet paper" rumors fly all over the sky

"Now that the epidemic is serious, the government will provide distribution. We can not buy masks, do not go to many places on the line, but more angry is that the purchase of toilet paper is also restricted. He Shanshan, Tucao of Hokkaido, said he had not bought any toilet paper for several times.

He Shanshan told the twenty-first Century economic news reporter that there were a lot of false information on the Internet, such as "unable to import raw materials from China", "Japan's hard to produce toilet paper", and so on.

Xiaoqing in Osaka also said she had encountered similar things. "Mask and toilet paper on the Internet are materials, which will affect the production of toilet paper. It's a rumor. And I used to brush SNS to see that some people were selling expensive sanitary napkins at high prices. I'm not so sure.

The Japanese frenzied rush to hoard toilet paper even startled the Japanese Prime Minister. Abe Shinzo held a press conference in February 29th, explaining the measures taken by the Japanese government in the field of epidemic prevention, explaining Japanese nationals.

Andouble said that 600 million masks should be produced in March to ensure supply. He then emphasized that, like toilet paper, Japan's domestic production can fully meet the market demand, and inventory is sufficient, there is no shortage of supply, so please calm down to buy.

Japan's home paper industry association also issued a statement saying that toilet paper and masks were not used in Japan, nor imported from China. Currently, 98% of toilet paper is made in Japan, and there will be no shortage as long as they do not rush to buy.

This phenomenon is not only in Japan, but also in the United States, Australia, New Zealand and other countries.

"After Australia's first imported epidemic, people began to stock up, but less. A friend hoarded a batch of supplies in the beginning of the epidemic in China, and it has not been used up to now, and a lot of them have been thrown away. Now is the toilet paper storage, a neighborhood of nearly 10000 people, a supermarket shelves full of hundreds of mentioning, dozens of people robbed all empty, and even because there is a dispute over toilet paper. Zhang told reporters on twenty-first Century economic report.

Publicizing that rumors and real news are all mixed up, many people can not separate. The rumors of toilet paper are the same as that of Japan. The so-called "toilet paper and masks can not be imported from China in the same raw material."

Despite the fact that the New Zealand epidemic is not serious and imported, there is also a rush to buy toilet paper. Shirley, who has been busy with 3 children at home, did not join the buying team. She said it was "doubtful" about the rush to buy toilet paper in New Zealand.

"A total of four cases of new crown pneumonia infection have been to Iran and Italy. One case has been cured. The situation is not serious. I don't know why I want to go crazy. There are plenty of other goods in the supermarket, but the number of shoppers has decreased in recent days.

After the toilet paper, rumors started to fly.

Millet said that now the Japanese second-hand trading platform sells a lot of stones seemingly on the beach, which indicates that "granite radiation has the function of killing the new crown virus". The price ranges from 800 yen to 12000 yen (about 52 yuan -775 yuan). The seller said that as long as the stone can be put in the bathtub, it can play a disinfection role. There is no scientific basis.

Recently, a message was circulated on the Internet in South Korea, that is, after a Korean hospital was designated as a new crown pneumonia designated hospital, 16 nurses resigned because of too much fatigue. In response, South Korean media said rumours that these nurses did not resign because of the epidemic, and they had planned to resign in January and February. After the outbreak of the outbreak, they delayed their resignation, and some even struggle to fight the epidemic.

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Rumors spread all over the world, directly affecting the control of epidemic situation and the quality of life of residents. It is widely believed that officials should make good use of social media.

In the view of publicity, the current situation in many countries is similar to that in the early days of the outbreak of the epidemic in China.

After the early "chaos", many countries have taken a lot of measures to make the public in a state of anxiety and have risen to the "hard currency" status, which reflects the global epidemic control from one aspect.

It is understood that in March 5th, the South Korean government revised and adjusted the emergency supply measures for masks, including the ban on masks exports. In the next month, the daily production of respirators was expanded from 10 million to 14 million; the supply of respirators in drugstores and post offices and other designated sales offices doubled; and the purchase of mouth covers at designated sales offices must be purchased on ID cards and 2 per person per week.

In recent days, the Japanese government will prohibit the resale of respirators under the national emergency measures for the stability of life. Violators will be fined. This is the first time that Japan has banned the sale of masks in accordance with the law. In addition, the Japanese government will also purchase 20 million reused gauze masks and distribute them to nursing institutions and childcare institutions. Meanwhile, since March 6th, the new crown pneumonia has been designated by the Japanese government for infectious diseases, which can be incorporated into medical insurance and can be hospitalized.

On the evening of March 5th, the official website of the presidential palace of Italy released a video of President Mattarella's speech in Italy. Mattarella said: "we should not be careless or panic. We should be confident of Italy's existing resources and ability to deal with problems."

Mattarella also appealed to the people of Italy to shoulder their respective responsibilities under this special situation and strictly abide by all rules formulated or recommended by the government and health authorities to contain the epidemic. "Only if we unite and work together can we overcome the virus."

On March 5th, the World Health Organization held a regular conference on the new crown pneumonia epidemic in Geneva to introduce the global epidemic situation. The director general of the World Health Organization, Tan desse, said that some countries were not paying enough attention to the new crown pneumonia and were not well prepared, and the epidemic spread to more countries, especially in countries with weak health systems.

Microsoft founder Bill Gate recently published an article saying that in the past week, 2019 new coronaviruses began to show signs of pathogens that are rare. Global health experts have warned in recent years that the speed and severity of transmission can be comparable to that of the 1918 pandemic. It is only a matter of time before and after.

Fei Heping, former US director of CDC, also said in an interview with the twenty-first Century economic news reporter that, judging from the current epidemic situation, it is impossible for new crown pneumonia to become a global pandemic.

But so far, who has increased the risk level of the outbreak, but has not publicly announced the definition of a new crown pneumonia epidemic as a "pandemic".

Gates urged all countries and local governments and public health institutions to "act immediately and brook no delay" in the next few weeks, thereby slowing the spread of the new crown pneumonia. At the same time, we need to speed up the treatment of new crown pneumonia and vaccine development.

In February 28th, WHO director general Tan Desai has said that at present, there are more than 20 new crown pneumonia vaccines in the world, and some treatments are undergoing clinical trials, and the first results are expected in a few weeks.

In March 6th, at the press conference of the joint defense and joint control mechanism of the State Council, Zheng Zhongwei, director of the national health and Health Committee of the center for medical and health technology development and research, said that the scientific research group specially designed a special edition of vaccine research and development, focusing on dozens of medical institutions. The first batch screened 8 machines, established 9 tasks, and pushed forward the vaccine research along five technical lines. At present, the five technical routes are steadily advancing under the premise of relevant state laws and regulations. It is estimated that some vaccines may be expected to enter the clinic in April.

(respondents, He Shanshan, Liu Lin, Zhang Yang, Li Min, millet, Xiaoqing, etc.) are assumed to be aliases.

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